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HI {Insert Name}, WE ARE A MAJOR IT AGENCY BASED IN NIGERIA. WE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU A CONTRACT WORTH OVER $1,000,000 AS YOU ARE HONEST AND HARD WORKING PERSON. THE PREVIOUS APPLICANT DIED UNEXPECTEDLY LEAVING US THIS VALUABLE IT CONTRAT. PLEASE SUPPLY US WITH THE CONTACT DETAILS OF YOUR LAST 5 CLIENTS.
THANKS,
JOHN HOAXLEY
Love it. I do hope Hoaxley staff look in on this forum from time to time. Hi guys.
I know its an old one, but its still a classic and It makes me smile everytime.
Email from Hoaxley:-
Hi (Insert Name), Hope you are well. Just got this role in and I thought I'd send it to you first.
HI {Insert Name}, WE ARE A MAJOR IT AGENCY BASED IN NIGERIA. WE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU A CONTRACT WORTH OVER $1,000,000 AS YOU ARE HONEST AND HARD WORKING PERSON. THE PREVIOUS APPLICANT DIED UNEXPECTEDLY LEAVING US THIS VALUABLE IT CONTRAT. PLEASE SUPPLY US WITH THE CONTACT DETAILS OF YOUR LAST 5 CLIENTS.
even more amusing if they accidently use CC rather than BCC :P
One agent did this to me. It wasn't amusing, but very enlightening. There was only about 120 people in the list. Of which I personally knew 12.
Led me to suspect that the number of people in the world, currently contracting, who match my skillset is not that big at all. (Doesn't help me get jobs that enhance my skills though. Most clients are insisting on exact match or the job remains vacant)
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